March 24 through 26 - Cruising the Atlantic Ocean

Three days at sea…lectures and eating and entertainment and eating and working on our photos and eating and working on photos some more.  So much very good food and so little time.

Lectures:

We’ve attended the following lectures in these three days:

·        The Brendan Voyage, Part 2

·        All about Leaks (as in political leaks, not the leaks on the Brendan)

·        West Africa, Welcome to Senegal and Cape Verde

·        A Nation of Minorities (that is the US)

·        Exploring the Oceans and the Mediterranean

·        Ocean Views – a panel discussion about world events featuring Ambassador Tony Leon, Journalist Tom DeFrank (50 years as the White House correspondent for Newsweek) and Journalist Eugene Robinson

·        My Adventures as a Best-Selling Author by Joshua Young (writes about Hollywood and has written biographies of several stars)

These topics are typical of what we have got to see in the last two plus months.  It is all fascinating.

Entertainment:  

We skipped the entertainment (a singing duo) on the 24^th.  Mary went to the entertainment on the 25^th featuring the on board professional dance duo Curtis and Beverly.  They are amazing.  She gets lifted and thrown around and dropped (albeit in a very controlled and safe manner) throughout the routines.  It is really amazing.  There was also some very nice singing thrown in to give the dancers time to change and catch their breath. 

Stacy, who is the World Cruise Hostess, was a former dancer on the ship and she was drawn into a rather comic number with Curtis and Beverly.  And they brought in one of the Ambassador Hosts to even out the numbers.  The Hosts are gentlemen who are brought on board to provide dance partners to women who lack a partner.  Crystal is apparently one of the last cruise lines to have dance hosts.

For the entertainment on the 26^th we saw comedian Steve Stevens (for the second time).  He is a very entertaining comedian.

On the 25^th we decided to order breakfast in and had a lovely meal on our balcony.  What a nice way to enjoy our ocean view.  We need to do this more often but we are running out of days before the cruise ends.